pepco flames it on over line cable issue. >> well, you know, christmas time is certainly special in washington d.c. and especially quup of the most beautiful catholic churches in the road world. more than 15,000 will walk through the basilica of shine of immack ulate conception for christmas mass this year. anjali hemphill has hor. has more. >> reporter: as the songs of angels filled these golden halls, thousands stood in the church pews basking in agentle winter at the basilicale of the nartional shine of the immack ulate conception of wash washington, do c.. for decades christmas was celebrated here and everyone is welcome and as they rejoyed above down below hard working volunteers make sure everyone was fed a delicious christmas dinner. >> we received such joy from being able to share. this is many ways our christmas present to be able to be here and serve others. >> valencia camp says this is the 41st year she coordinated this in need or alone. however, she says people of all walked of life come to s sit, eat and enjoy. >> we have strangers sitting together with each other and strangers v

>> reporter: well, we started to see some of the pepco trucks moving around here. they positioned next to the broken power pole there and looks like maybe they have cut the power. they've been successful. they've been cutting the power to the downed lines and start the work of making a repair. quite a repair it's going to be. you can see we have that suv on its side. the power pole, the yu tilt pole just snapped in have there. we have all kinds of lines running through the area. apparently, another utility pole may be compromised. this is a big fix. ma we're talking about north frederick avenue. 355 running through gaithersburg here, it is closed in both directions. that's going to be the case we're told for several hours. this is a big job and they've got a lot of different things that they've got to do here. they've got to fix the poles an the lines. ultimately, they have to tow that suv out of here. the accident happened several hours ago. no injuries, but this is going to be something that kind of lingers throughout the morning. so keep that in mind if you take

behind us right now, pepco crews are hard at work.d two cherry pickers up tending to the pole behind us. first on the scene, we saw an suv that crashed into that pohl you're watching crews work here. this the go-to route for many in the area. between new hampshire and riggs, it's now shut down for this crash investigation and now response. if you're in this area, looking to get around, you have to reroute as a result of this crash. it appears that this will be here for some time as they work to restore the power pole there and continue their investigation. back to the studio to sheena. >> thank you, justin. you see he's bundled up. he has the hat and gloves on and puffy coat on. that's what you need this morning as you stand outside for a while. it is a chilly one to start your day. little bit of a breeze. not windy like yesterday was. it is making temperatures feel colder. feels like the 30s in the district. actual temperature is 43 degrees. 31 dulles. 42 38 degrees in quantico. 36 winchester. we do have some clouds around. where i'm

and six and maryland more than 1,000 people were in the dark in montgomery prince george county and pepco says the outages were due to overhead cable line issue. >> well, we would be remiss if we did not miss you a merry christmas and thank you for joining us tonight. more than 15,000 people will walk through the basilica of immack ulate could beception for christmas mass this year. anjali hemphill takes us inside for a look at what it takes to pull it all off. >> as the songs of angels fill these golden halls basilica of national shine of immack ulate conception of washington d.c.. for decades christmas is celebrated here and everyone is welcome and as they revoiced hard working volunteers made sure everybody was fed a delicious christmas dinner. we received such joy to share. and to be able to be here. and who are in need or alone. however she says people of all walks of life come to sit, eat and enjoy. >> we have strangers sitting together with each other. and we have strangers volunteering side by side with each other. and it does not matter the age or the parish or anything, they're

that we connect to the people's jackets and then they can get all types of information about what pepco going on, energy efficiency and products for our customers. >> and a perfect night for it tonight. we're going to have a lot of people out here weather wise. looking great, you see what's going on from our mass camera right here. look at the numbers. certainly sitting in the upper 50s to around 60, 61 degrees right now at the airport. awe see those numbers dropping just a little bit over the next couple of hours. down to 54 degrees by 7:00. 51 by about 9:00. by 11:00 we're down into the 40s, but it's still for this time of year very nice. the average high is 46. now, around the rest of the region, 56 right now up towards gaithersburg, we're at 62 degrees down towards fort belvoir. dulles airport coming in at 59. all in all looking like a beautiful night. nothing on the radar. that's how it will be through tomorrow. with the exception of southern zones, we may see shower. shower activity should stay south of the fredericksburg area. school day forecast, 43 degrees at the bus stop, rece

you can see the pepco folks taking a look there. they haven't begun the work of making the repairs. this is going to be something that hours. certainly, a busy road and this is going to impact rush hour. people will want to think about what they're going to do if you normally take this route to work. think about something else before you get up on it. they are going to turn you around and a lot of weaving through neighborhoods and that sort of thing in terms of a detail here. a major problem here in the gaithersburg area. we've got this ongoing situation with the power line. once i get that out of the way, they still have to deal with the car here. this is something that will be with us for a while. back to you. >> weird to see that busy road with no cars on it with this live picture. megan mcgrath for us live. >>> 4:47ment we're one week away from a government shutdown. the government will run out of money to pay its bills until congress passes a spending bill. the "washington post" reports that president trump told at least two confidants, he thinks a shutdown could be politically

why they are expanding their program to sister utilities, atlantic city electric in south jersey and pepcon maryland and d.c. the goal, to offer steady work to dozens of more, autistic adults. they say that what makes them great candidates deserve strong attention to detail. >> all of the people might call it ocd, obsessive compulsive but for people on the spectrum it is enjoyable. to find that one or two things that might be off in, a thousand. >> reporter: michael knows that joy very well. he was diagnosed with autism 10 years ago when he was 26. >> just being here, being able to be part of this, like it is just extremely exciting. >> reporter: similar sentiment shared by moore as she was one of the original four hired in june. >> some of the struggles i had with the social barriers of as burgers and being on the spectrum, put on top have it, depression, you know, anxiety disorders, all sorts of stuff. >> reporter: like most of her co-workers, moore has as burgers. >> it is not just all work and no pay, they have another special skill, she draws characters and in fact, drew all of her co

pepco has several trucks on scene as they are dealing with this powerline that was struck overnight during accident. this has the entire area, the roadway shut down as they try to make repairs. here is a heads up between new hampshire avenue and ridge road on east-west highway, the roadway will remain closed indefinitely. it is unclear when these repairs will be made, but they are working quickly to get things back open as we are in the middle of rush hour. julie wright is standing by and i would imagine she has some workarounds. julie: good morning to you, suzanne. it will be university boulevard that you want to use as a workaround to avoid that closure. 95, thenia, northbound crash at opus boulevard -- opitz boulevard. york avenue at bladensburg road. at kenilworth avenue, there is the clash -- crash blocking the right side. westbound 50 as you approach eight sinclair, this is where we find the -- cape sinclair, this is where we find the tractor-trailer. they are getting by single file to the right. , i justr to the map want to show you the bw parkway which is still on the brakes. only

pepco crews spent a while putting every thing back together. it is now open. a pennsylvania county, virginia woman is recovering in hospital after being re she was trapped for days. her boyfriend died. the two were leaving home when the woman hit the gas pedal, sending the car backward into a ravine. they could not get the car out. the man went for help but died after he could not get out of the ravine. the woman was still there, honking the horn. >> i looked across the road and said, it looks like a vehicle transverse through the weeds. at this point, i heard somebody yell for help. >> that is the off-duty officer who found her after someone reported the couple missing. policeight light is what helicopter pilots say they saw while on patrol. someone named a red laser at them from the ground. police say there were no other officers available on the ground, so they landed the chopper and chased down the suspect. the pilots said they counted a total of 10 laser beam flashes, blinding them. coupleted us for a seconds. extremely painful. once we me initiallythe ma

pepco says power should be restored by 11am. so fingers crossed on that. >> yeah.g two sheriffs deputies. the does he say deputies were responding to a did he mows tick call yesterday afternoon on mountain hollow place a arguing wis his 19-year-old daughter and at one point the man went upstairs and grabbed a gun. >> he reached for a gun. almost sigh mull takenly he was tased. and as he was being apprehended he managed to get several shots off, hit of two our deputies. i'm just grateful that all things being considered that it's turned out as good as it has. it could have been certainly been a lot worse. >> both depth tears in good condition. a third deputy arrested the suspect who faces multiple charges. >>> we're also following developing news from silver spring. police there investigate a man's murder. officers were called to quebec street around 6:30 last night after the victim was shot and killed. police are now trying to find who is responsible. >>> also in the city, parts of connecticut avenue open again after a bad crash last night left one person hit hurt

why they are expanding it program to it sister utilities, atlantic city electric in south jersey and pepcomaryland and dc. the goal is to offer steady work to dozens of more autistic adults. >> they say what makes them great candidate is they're strong attention to detail. ot call it ocd or excessive compulsive, but it is like for people on the spectrum, it is enjoyable, to find that one or two things of a thousws that joy very well, diagnosed with autism ten years ago. when he was 26. >> just being here and being able to be part of this, like it is just extremely exciting. >> a similar sentiment shared by maura, one of the original four hired in june. >> some of the struggles that i had with the social barriers of asperger, a being on the spectr lot of things float on top of it, like depression, anxiety disorders, all sort of stuff. >> like co-workers, with asperger's, not just hard work and no play, kaelin actually has another special skill, she draws characters, in fact, drew all of her co-workers in this office. >> since i was a toddler, i've been drawing faces. the thing about this jo

let's check back in with doug in montgomery county for tonight's holiday lights, and, boy, pepco is loving this backdrop you've got there. >> it is awesome. i can totally see my daughter doing something like that that you guys are just showing. really just a school shot there. i want to show you what's happening temperature wise, guys. it's a cold night. so cold, our frosty, he's not melting at all. no problem at all. 36 degrees right now in d.c. we're at 30 degrees right now in the gaithersburg area. we are below freezing in many areas and the wind chill even colder. wind kmil rig wind chill in the mid 20s. we have plenty of cloud cover tomorrow. we also have a chance for some samoa. we've been talking about this. it's not mu. think you're going to see anything at all. but d.c. eastward, especially southern maryland right along the chesapeake, you have the best chance to see at least some snow flakes tomorrow. that's all it would be. if you see a dusting, that would be about as much as we see anywhere. you know who has the best chance over towards cambridge, md ed in? over towards salisbu

pepco says power should be restored, though, by 8:00 a.m. >> ♪ >> thank goodness. >> developing storywas arguing with his 19-year-o

. >> we have a great new laser light show at the elephant community center thanks to our sponsor pepco of cultural d.c. brought in a the focus is on bugs and conservation. >> bugs and conservation, i love it. craven, thank you very much for having us. we appreciate it. let's talk more about the weather because couldn't be any better than this tonight. we're going to try to keep nice for you. take a look now from our camera up high above our truck right now. you can see the lights that are out there currently across the region. what we're going to continue to watch, guys, over the next few days is the temperature trend. and of course that trem tour trend going up and then coming back down. up today, and back down as we move on through the day tomorrow into the day on thursday. as temperatures get down. now take a look at these current numbers. 57 degrees currently. down into the 50s, though, and eventually into the 40s by around 11:00 tonight as the lights continue to go on behind me. temperatures around the rest of the region, 54 right now in montgomery county, rockville, 59. fort belv

those employees will carry out project based work for delmarva power and atlantic city electric and pepco county family who has for gone their traditional christmas celebration to help veterans and others in need became victims of thieves who stole something that simply cannot be replaced. rick williams live in the news room with more on that. hi, rick. >> hi, monica, that's right, david and joy turner established a charity in honor of their son david, who died suddenly at the age of 20. so they hold holiday gift drives for veterans staying at local va centers as well as fine basic necessities for homeless vets trying to get back on their feet. the turners also had something on their property that meant a lot to them and their son but it's now gone thanks to a thief. we'll hear from them coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> also tonight, this is great news for football fans that don't want to be stuck on the couch all day. the nfl's new deal with a major cell provider. smartphone users will be able to watch the games no matter who the carrier is. good news for football watchers like myself. >>>